Talk:Phaser (effect)

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Please make very sure about the differences between phasers and flangers. The "tape-flanging" effect, for instance, would seem to involve only a delay or varying delay; not a phase shift of different frequencies. — Omegatron 16:22, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I removed many references to flanging in the text, they're irrelevant here. The difference between flangers are phasers are described in Flanging, I added reference to that section. scoofy 14:33, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Could anybody help me to find phaser effect in the song "Just The Way You Are"? I couldn't hear it --A4 18:02, 8 October 2007 (UTC) Oh, yes, I hear it at the very begining. It seems to be really phaser --A4 18:07, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"It seems to be really phaser"? (somewhat confusing syntax)Do you mean that the effect is very pronounced? It is on the Rhodes piano notes in the intro, but some more easily heard examples might be: Mick Ronson's ultra-funk guitar from David Bowie's "Fame" showcases some very creative use of heavy phasing, as does Brian May in Queen's "Keep yourself alive"(as I put in the article). "Bridge of sighs" by Robin Trower swims in a stormy sea of phaser effects. Finally, Alex Lifeson's opening guitar riff from Rush's "The spirit of radio" seems to fly about the soundstage, never quite finding a place to land.--SplinterHead (talk) 21:34, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Removing External Link to sales page[edit]

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Phaser or phasing?[edit]

"A phaser is an audio signal processing technique used to filter a signal by creating...For this purpose, phasers usually include a low-frequency oscillator"

The above two sentences don't seem to match up. Surely the audio signal processing technique is called "phasing" and the box of tricks used to achieve the effect is a "phaser"? In fact this interpretation fits in with the next section where it says "The electronic phasing effect is created by..." and then "The definition of phaser typically excludes such devices where... Later in the article it then says "Phasing is a popular effect for electric guitar" It would appear that this article is misnamed anyway and should called Phasing to match up with the Flanging article - as it is it's a bit of a dog's dinner. Richerman (talk) 11:25, 26 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Modulation[edit]

The article doesn't clarify what is actually modulated. Especially the first two sentences:

A phaser is an electronic sound processor used to filter a signal by creating a series of peaks and troughs in the frequency spectrum. The position of the peaks and troughs of the waveform being affected is typically modulated so that they vary over time, creating a sweeping effect. For this purpose, phasers usually include a low-frequency oscillator.

The first sentence says about modulation in the frequency domain, but the second mentions waveform, which suggests the time domain.

Is the pole frequency of the all-pass filter modulated? Of only one or all of them?

Perhaps it would be useful to write it clearly and explicitly in the section showing the diagram of the effect.2A01:CB15:1C7:DD00:EA2A:EAFF:FE29:C9BC (talk) 19:21, 12 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]